Furniture



Nov. 22, 1932.

M. H. GAMBEE FURNITURE Filed April 29. 1932 R O T N E V m 'Petehted Nov. 22, I i I I r rsss- PATENT OFFICE.

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I rrmivrrunn I 1 Application flied April 29. 1982. semi No. 608,257.

This invention relates to improvements in lateral stri s 3 of the back 1." The numerals furniture, particularly chairs of the knock 9 and 9 in icate the arm portions of the chair, 'down and foldebletype. As an example of the rear ends of which have the connecting my improvements a choir of the outdoor, parts 10 adapted to engage the connecting 5 porch or lawn type, has been illustrated and parts 4 on the lateral strips 3 of the back 1. 55 r is described in this specification. The arms 9 and 9' are attached to the front One object of the present improvements is surfaces of the forward legs by means of the to provide s choir which can be easily ashinged connecting pieces '15 and Said sembled and disassembled by the user either hinged connections, end 10, and 15 and 15' m for storage or transportation purposes and form the sole connections between said arms 50 such assembling and disassembling may be and the freme of the choir.

accomplished simply by the insertion and re- The seat of the chair consists of the strips movol of connecting pins at desired points. 11 which are connected together by the trans- A further object of my invention is to proverse cleets 12. The rearends of the strips 11 5 vide an article of furniture of the type deare provided with connecting pieces 13 which scribed, which will 'not only 'be attractive in engsge complementary connecting pieces 13 appearance but easy to manufacture and in. on the'cross her 7'. I expensive to the purchaser, Beneath the forward portion of the strips For n detsiled description of this form of 11 are connecting pieces 14 which engage Q my invention reference may he lied to the complementery connecting pieces le on the following spccificctionend the occompsnyvcross bar 7. ing drawing forming s part thereof, in which The details of the connecting ports shove Fig. l is o perspective view of an improved referred to are illustrated in Fig. 5. These choir; Fig.2is aside elevation thereof; Fig. consist of two hinge-like plates 16 end l7 3 is a. front elevation thereof; Fig. i is e which are adopted to be secured together by 75 side elevation of the choir when folded for means of a removable pin 18 heving eknob or storage or to occupy e smell specs; and Fig.- projection 19 on one end so that it may be 5 is e. detailed view of the connecting devices. easily grasped by the operator. The letter Referring to the drawing, numeral. 1 indilmolo obviously may be omitted when necesgfi cctes the heck oi the choir which is prefen sery end is desired to permit the parts to he sbly composed of e. series of strips or slots hinged together without embodying the reconnected'together by cross pieces or bars 2. movehleieetnre. The hack 1 includes lateral side strip 3 to From the above description it will he which hinged connectors 4: and 5 ere ettachedi thet by removing the pins from the connecting q These connectors may he fixed in position by *pi'eces -ll) and lit-13 the choir may he screws or other suitable means, detached per collepsed into the form substentieliy shown tions ofthe connectors being shown in Fig. in Fig. at. This easily adopts the choir for 5. The connecting ports 5 are secured to the storage in a. smell place, such as e closet, lower ends of the leterel side bars 8 which are while the remaining connecting ports form 49 thereby connected to the rear legs. The legs hinges on which the elements of the choir me or hereof the choir preferably comprise two torn. On the other hand, by removal or" e l angular pieces consisting of the parts 6 end of the pins between the connecting ports 6' which. ere connected by transverse hers '3' vwhich secure the elements of the chair in posiend '8. lhese legs are nivotelly end prefertion, the chair may be completely disassemably detechsloly connected together at their 7 bled and the ports so erposed on each other upper inner ends by means of connecting for insertion in osme lhox or carton in order pieces 8 and 8' similar to those shown in Fig. to be easily transported from one piece to 5. Located centrally on the rear legs are conanother. 1 x necting parts 5' which are adapted to engage I have found that fora, normel size chair the connecting ports 5 on the lower ends of the such a. box or carton may be provided that is 7 approximately 32 inches square and 8 inches deep I-lhving thus described this form of my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is; p

Furniture of the type described, comprising seat, arm, back and leg members formed of wide strips of suitable material, and belng detachably connected together by-hinges, the front and rear leg members being hinged together at their upper transverse inner edges, the back member having its outer strips hinged to the wider surfaces of said rear leg members, transverse bars connecting the front leg members and the rear leg members, respectively, said seat being removably connected with said front transverse bar and said rear transverse bar, and strips forming said arms and hinged to the upper front surfaces of the front leg members and to said strips forming the back, said hinges forming the sole connection between said arms and the adjacent parts of the chair, and certain of said hinges having removable pins to afford detachability of the parts to which they are attached.

Signed this 28th day of April, 1932.

MARTIN H. GAMBEE. 

